USS Collett (DD-730) - As The ARA Piedra Buena (D-29)

As The ARA Piedra Buena (D-29)

In 1974, Collett and Mansfield (DD-728) were bought by Argentina as a supply of spare parts for other ships, and towed from San Diego to Puerto Belgrano. However, Collett was found to be in good enough condition to be worth rehabilitating. On 17 May 1977, she was commissioned in the Argentine Navy as ARA Piedra Buena (D-29), the fourth ship of that name. During the Falklands War, on 2 May 1982, the Piedra Buena was steaming in company with the cruiser ARA General Belgrano when the cruiser was sunk by the British attack submarine HMS Conqueror.

On 18 February 1985, Piedra Buena was decommissioned from and stricken from the ships' register. In November 1988, the ex-Piedra Buena was sunk in a naval missile exercise, by an MM38 missile fired by the newly-commissioned guided missile frigate ARA Espora (P-41).